Thursday, June 19, 2008

Eiendomspronomen

Dette er lærerenmin.ellerDette er min lærer.Hun tenker på mora si.ellerHun tenker på sin mor.These sentences are just the same. Så dum, ikke sant? The only difference is that, when the "substantiv" comes first the "eiendomspronomen", it is required to use "bestemt" within the subtantiv. (e.g. læreren min). The vise-versa is min lærer.And maybe, you are thinking, what are these sin and si.English:I can brush her teeth. But she can brush her teeth.Norsk:Jeg kan pusse hennes tenner.Men hun kan pusse hennes tenner.The first sentence is just fine but with the second sentence, it is totally WRONG. This should be the right way. Jeg kan pusse hennes tenner. Men hun kan pusse sine tenner.Did you see the difference or maybe you are thinking what is this sine again? If you are translating from english to norsk. Then you are wrong!!! How can I explain this. Maybe it will be clear if I will lay a table for these norwegian pronouns.

Subjektpronomen

Objektpronomen

Refleksivpronomen

Eiendomspronomen

Jeg

meg

meg

min, mitt, mi; mine

Du

deg

deg

din, ditt, di; dine

Han

ham

seg

sin, sitt, si; sine; hans

Hun

henne

seg

sin, sitt, si; sine; hennes

Vi

oss

oss

vår, vårt; våre

Dere

dere

dere

deres

De

dem

seg

si, sitt, si; sine; deres

Eiendomspronomen marked blue can't be used as refleksiveiendomspronomen.Conclusion: Ohhh man, is it still confusing? Me too. Ok. Check han, hun and De. They are the third persons of pronouns. Rule in refleksivpronomen is different together with refleksiveiendomspronomen. Maybe it is better if I will lay a couple of examples.The following examples are from one of my classmates. I wanna thank her for these examples. I hope these will be great examples.Jeg har en nabo. Han har kona. Han liker ikke sin kone. Men han liker kona mi.Jeg har en nabo. Han har konen. Han liker ikke kona si. Men han liker min kone.These 2 examples are just the same. Check the differences of those in blue.Mine, dine, sine and våre are plurals or in norsk, flertall.Example:De har 3 barn. De elsker barna sine. Viliker barna deres også.Du har en datter. Du elsker dattera di. Vi liker din datter også.De har en datter. De elsker sin datter. Viliker dattera deres også.Based with the examples above, the following sentences below are wrong:De har 3 barn. De elsker barna deres. Vi liker barna deres også.De har en datter. De elsker deresdatter. Viliker dattera deres også.

I am hoping these make all clear. I am also confused, so don't worry. As I've said, we will get used with them. Good luck....